I.inf. perf. sync. concresse, Ov. M. 7, 416), v. n., to grow together; hence with the prevailing idea of uniting, and generally of soft or liquid substances which thicken; to harden, condense, curdle, stiffen, congeal, etc. (very freq., and class. in prose and poetry).
I. Prop.: “concrescunt semina (opp. extenuantur),” Lucr. 4, 1261; 6, 626; cf.: “concrescunt subitae currenti in flumine crustae,” Verg. G. 3, 360; “opp. liquere,” Cic. Univ. 14: rigido concrescere rostro Ora videt, to stiffen into a hard beak. Ov. M. 5, 673; cf.: “Aconteus Gorgone conspectā saxo concrevit oborto,” id. ib. 5, 202 (cf. also saxoque oculorum induruit umor, id. ib. 5, 233): “quo pacto pluvius concrescat in altis Nubibus umor,” Lucr. 6, 495; cf. id. 6, 250: “imbres gelidis concrescunt ventis,” Ov. M. 9, 220: “(aqua) neque conglaciaret frigoribus neque nive pruināque concresceret, etc.,” Cic. N. D. 2, 10, 26: “gelidus concrevit frigore sanguis,” Verg. A. 12, 905: “cum lac concrevit,” Col. 7, 8, 3; cf. Ov. M. 12, 436: concretos sanguine crines, stuck together or clotted, Verg. A. 2, 277; cf.: “concreta sanguine barba,” Ov. M. 14, 201.—With in and acc.: “crystalli modo glaciari et in lapidem concrescere,” harden into, Plin. 36, 22, 45, § 161; cf.: “aër ... tum autem concretus in nubis cogitur,” Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 101.—
II. Meton.
A. To take form, to grow, increase: “de terris terram concrescere parvis,” Lucr. 1, 840: “terrā in ipsā taetro concrescere odore bitumen,” id. 6, 807; Verg. E. 6, 34; cf.: “indagatio initiorum unde omnia orta, generata, concreta sint,” Cic. Tusc. 5, 24, 69; 1, 24, 56: “valles, quae fluminum alluvie et inundationibus concreverint,” Col. 3, 11, 8.—With ex: “omne corpus aut aqua aut aër aut ignis aut terra est, aut id quod est concretum ex aliquā parte eorum,” composed, formed of, Cic. N. D. 3, 12, 30; so id. ib. 3, 14, 34; Tac. A. 13, 57.—
2. Trop.: “illud funestum animal, ex nefariis stupris, ex civili cruore concretum (al. conceptum),” Cic. Pis. 9, 21. —
B. (Con intens.) To grow strong, to rise by growing, etc. (so very rare): “(lana) quanto prolixior in pecore concrescit, tanto, etc.,” Col. 7, 3, 10 (but in Lucr. 5, 833, the best reading is clarescit; v. Lachm.).—Hence, concrētus , a, um, P. a. (acc. to I.), grown together, concrete, compound, condensed, hardened, thick, hard, stiff, curdled, congealed, clotted, etc. (class.): “dubitare non possumus quin nihil sit animis admixtum, nihil concretum, nihil copulatum, nihil coagmentatum, nihil duplex,” Cic. Tusc. 1, 29, 71; 1, 27, 66: “aër crassus et concretus,” id. ib. 1, 18, 42; Lucr. 1, 1018; 5, 467 sq.: “aër (opp. fusus, extenuatus),” Cic. N. D. 2, 39, 101; cf.: “pingue et concretum esse caelum,” id. Div. 1, 57, 130: “umores (opp. acres),” id. N. D. 2, 23, 59: “spuma,” Ov. M. 4, 537: “lac,” Verg. G. 3, 463: “in sanguine,” Ov. M. 13, 492: “mare,” Plin. 4, 16, 30, § 104: “nix concreta pruinā,” Lucr. 3, 20: “concreta et durata glacies,” Liv. 21, 36, 8; cf.: “concreta frigora canā pruinā,” stiffened by the hoary frost, Verg. G. 2, 376: “gelu,” Curt. 8, 4.—Poet., of light: cum claram speciem concreto lumine luna abdidit, thick, i. e. dimmed, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 11, 18: “nanus et ipse suos breviter concretus in artus,” shortened, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 41. “dolor,” benumbing, tearless, Ov. P. 2, 11, 10.—Subst.: concrētum , i, n., firm or solid matter: “species quaedam deorum, quae nihil concreti habeat, nihil solidi,” Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 75.—Esp. (sc. gelu), hard or stiff frost: “nec semine jacto Concretum patitur radicem adfigere terrae,” Verg. G. 2, 318 Rib. Forbig.; cf. Hildebr. ad App. M. 1, p. 455. (By others concretum is made acc. of 2. concretus. The common reading is concretam, sc. gelu, the root stiffened by frost; cf. Forbig. ad loc.)—Comp.: “semen concretius,” Lucr. 4, 1240: “spuma lactis concretior,” Plin. 11, 41, 96, § 239: ossa concreta, t. t., solid bones, i. e. without marrow, id. 7, 18, 18, § 78.—Sup. and adv. not in use.
